maximum fork travel?

hi, i have a kona shred and i am wanting to upgrade my forks. I was wondering if their is any restrictions on the amount of travel you can have. it came with 100 mm forks and im wanting to upgrade to about 130 - 140 mm, is this possible?

Rule of thumb is change of 20 mm of suspension travel will slacken you head tube angle by 1 degree.

A change of more than 1 degree will noticibly affect the feel of your bike.

I'd recommend an adjustable travel 100 to 130 fork and leave it in the middle!

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okay, thanks for the responses. i think i might go with a pike, im not to worried about the cornering speed as im not competetive, i mostly do all mountain sort of riding which is why i wanted to upgrade

Bikes: old school Giant Attraction MTB (where it all started),old school Schwinn High Plains MTB (XC and long ride duty), Mosh DJ3 (BMX basher), and Trek Bruiser 1 (freeride and full of mods and still growing)

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if you have a quick release now, you'll need to invest in a 20mm front hub wheel. Which i saw a 20mm front wheel for like $130 on PricePoint. BUT, yes you'l need a new wheel for that fork if you don't already have a 20mm wheel